Workshop19is a project bornafter the Tunisian revolution. It is awork in progress.Workshop19 will beapublishing house that tries tomove with the times, in this timeof upheaval, whereallideasare shaken up.Workshop19isacross-borderproject. Basedin Tunisia, it hasaworldwide perspectiveandseeksa global audience. All boundaries--geographical, political, culturalor evenmental--aredisappearingor at least in motion.Workshop19 will accordingly publishbooks and other products in French, in Arabic andin other languages, in partnership withpublishersandotherprojects around theworld, starting with the Mediterranean. It will provide acreative workshop, bringing togetherartistsin all fieldsanddisseminatingtheir work.Workshop19, becauseArticle19 of theUniversal Declaration ofHuman Rights, of December 10, 1948 has establishedour path: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

Our program isunder construction. In 2012-2013, we plan to publishsix books. In subsequent years we expect to increase our annual production.We enthusiastically welcomeany manuscript that is submitted to us and any proposal forpartnership.